Lol widow making up numbers

'Vacuum Tube Train A 4,000-mph magnetically levitated train could allow you to have lunch in Manhattan and still get to London in time for the theater, despite the 5-hour time difference. It’s not impossible: Norway has studied neutrally buoyant tunnels (concluding that they’re feasible, though expensive), and Shanghai is running maglev trains to its airport. But supersonic speeds require another critical step: eliminating the air—and therefore air friction—from the train’s path. A vacuum would also save the tunnel from the destructive effects of a sonic boom, which, unchecked, could potentially rip the tunnel apart. '
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-04/trans-atlantic-maglev

could be one of the things we could base the resources collected, would make architectural support machines/people and supplies readily availabe and to provide these powerful cities quick easy transport from the other side of the world.

This post was edited by MewKitten on Apr 26 2011 11:04am

Even the most whacky people can turn out good things look at the nazis and medicine

Wow, Widowmaker just made up a bunch of stuff and posted it here.

Real stats: http://www.landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/127

191,817 square miles, less than the size of Spain.

This post was edited by inkanddagger on Apr 26 2011 11:03am

nice

This post was edited by MewKitten on Apr 26 2011 11:07am

And that's just photovoltaics. Solar thermal towers have an even greater efficiency and there is no need for storage capacity (such as batteries) because the heat stored in the molten salts provides nearly the same energy capacity all night long.

the mirrors focusing sulight to the top of solar towers and turns turbines w/ steam?


http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=54143815&f=90

also, this might make the society changes it's mind
we need to pull out of oil now and start towards a method that is scientifically based instead of our outdated system. we're come a long way because of oil and coal, but the the truth is that they were just meant to be our start into what can be a great age. oil's time is up!

This post was edited by MewKitten on Apr 26 2011 11:32am

Lol asking Widow to link a source.

>.<
the only problem i see with this change of society, and that is overpopulation >.<

Widow is onto something here. I did some calculations and came up with similar (Though not the same) results. This also assumes that these panels capture 80W 24 hours a day, which of course will not occur. Here's my quick notes on the subject:



Am I missing something obvious here? Solar power is not a solution, otherwise businesses would be jumping at that in a heartbeat (not to mention consumers).

Oh, and lol at the cost. That is also only for the panels, and doesn't include all connective material, installation, land (including any demoing required), and maintenance. Oh, and then triple the cost (at least), for government bloat expenditures, if you want the government to do it.